Interior Design Placement Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA

Manager, Visual Merchandising Join our winning team, 1915 South, as our Manager, Visual Merchandising. 1915 South owns and operates 30 Ashley stores and 3 distribution centers across the southeast, including locations in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia. Our company is focused on employee growth and development, providing exceptional customer service and being passionate about what we do! Position Summary: The Visual Manager executes and scales the company's visual merchandising strategy across assigned store locations, with a strong focus on supporting the selling process and driving sales. Partnering closely with the Senior Director of Visual Merchandising, this role ensures visual strategies are implemented consistently and in alignment with merchandising priorities. This leader balances hands-on execution with leadership influence, ensuring layouts, galleries, and product placement elevate the guest experience while reinforcing selling strategies, product priorities, and guest flow. Job Duties: Lead CAD planning and showroom layouts for assigned stores, ensuring layouts support product priorities, customer flow, and selling effectiveness. Personally execute visual plans in assigned stores while also CAD planning and guiding execution for additional stores led by other Visual Associates. Ensure visual execution directly supports the selling process, enabling sales teams to tell product stories and close sales. Partner closely with store sales leadership to align visual changes with selling strategies, key product focuses, and traffic patterns. Execute visual strategies and standards developed by the Senior Director of Visual Merchandising with consistency and attention to detail. Provide direction, coaching, and feedback to Visual Associates to ensure brand-right, sales-driven execution. Support rollout of new assortments, seasonal transitions, floor sets, and merchandising initiatives. Monitor execution quality across assigned locations using structured review processes and digital tools. Analyze product and store-level performance with Merchandising to inform layout adjustments and product recommendations that drive sales and improve showroom productivity. Communicate execution insights, challenges, and opportunities back to Visual and Merchandising leadership, adjusting layouts based on sales performance and customer behavior. Required Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's degree in Visual Merchandising, Interior Design, Retail, or related field, required. Equivalent relevant experience accepted in lieu of a degree. Experience: 2-4 years of visual merchandising experience, required, ideally in a multi-store retail environment. Physical and Work Environment Requirements: Physical Demands: Ability to safely lift, move, and position furniture and fixtures. Stand for extended periods of time. Travel (up to 50% of Time) Work Environment: Retail Floor/Office Schedule: Weekdays; Weekends, as needed. Why 1915 South? Compensation : Competitive salary with performance-based bonus and long-term incentive (LTIP) eligibility Benefits : Comprehensive benefits package for you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance Paid Time Off : Paid vacation and sick leave Retirement: 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions Tuition Assistance : College tuition support through Thomas University Employee Discounts : Generous employee discounts on furniture Career Development : Long-term career advancement opportunities with a strong promote-from-within culture. Many of our leaders at 1915 South began their careers here- when you join us, you're not just taking a job, you're building a future! #J-18808-Ljbffr